Chapter 60: Going to the Countryside as Educated Youth in the 1970s 23
[This is a parallel fictional world. Please do not take any similarities between place names and people as they appear.]
Zhang Xiaojia thought that in the Snow City of North City, the winter was long and the summer should not be too hot. She didn't expect it to be so hot here. Her clinic had already used ice, which was delivered twice a day, filling two ice jars each time, but she still couldn't stand the heat.
Bingjian was ridiculously expensive and she was about to cry, but seeing He Liu's smiling face, she got used to paying for it.
Counting the days, He Fei would not come for half a month. She did not dare to send him a space deduction for fear that the package would be inspected suddenly. It would be difficult to explain why she had lost her mental power. He Fei actually had mental power. She was so envious.
He Xinyan ate the fairy grass and said, "Master, the city lord will leave tomorrow afternoon, and the secretary general asked you for medicinal wine and enhanced health pills."
Zhang Xiaojia said weakly, "I'll make the health pills tonight. Ask Xiaoyi to roll them. I still have 10 kilograms of medicinal wine left. Just give the commander three bottles. Your uncle didn't give me any, so he brewed the wine himself."
"Master, the weather is good today, not too hot."
Zhang Xiaojia glanced at her and sat down next to the ice jar. It was 35 degrees outside today, the sun was shining, and there was not a trace of wind. If this is not hot, when will it be hot?
"Master, today is Tuesday. My aunt is coming this afternoon. Just ask her for my uncle's wine."
"No, I've already made an agreement with the old patriarch. He gives me the wine for my fifth uncle, and I give him the health pills."
He Xinyan looked up at the sky and said jokingly, "My dad is going to be beaten by my uncle."
Zhang Xiaojia raised his eyebrows and looked at his apprentice.
"Master, Grandpa stole my uncle's wine. I'm sure he can't carry it. He must have asked my dad to bring it over. My uncle can't beat Grandpa, but he can beat my dad."
"Yan Yan, go find your sixth uncle later and buy a chicken. We'll make white-cut chicken today."
"Master, Uncle Six said he can't sell us chickens anymore. He said we've already bought five chickens in the past two months, so he can sell us eggs."
Zhang Xiaojia waved his hand and said, "There's a test paper in the drawer. Go do it."
During lunch, Zhang Xiaojia looked at Pangpang and Ping'an. It was summer vacation and they went to play by the creek every day, and they got tanned.
Ping An said, "Sister, this morning, people in the village and the He family suffered from heatstroke."
Zhang Xiaojia asked in confusion, "Why doesn't anyone come to the clinic?"
"Master, who would come to the clinic if they had a heat stroke? They would just stay in the shade for a while and be fine. Who would be willing to spend money?"
Zhang Xiaojia is only thinking about doing good things and becoming famous!
"Ping'an, Pangpang, sleep or study at home before 3 pm. Don't go out. The sun is too strong."
"Yan Yan, Xiao Yi, after dinner, let's make some herbal tea and send it to the fields."
Xiao Yi nodded and said, "Okay. Not many people come to the clinic this month. A bowl of herbal tea is one cent."
"free."
Xiao Yi asked in confusion, "What are we trying to achieve?"
"To become famous."
Zhang Xiaojia cooked the herbal tea and soaked it in well water. At three o'clock, Zhang Xiaojia took his apprentice and Xiaoyi to the fields with two large buckets of herbal tea.
The He family's fields were newly reclaimed. They had farm tools and could be considered semi-mechanized in their farming. In the afternoons, it was the young people who were working on the land.
When He Jiayi saw Zhang Xiaojia, he ran over and said, "Sister Xiaojia, it's so hot, why did you come out?"
"Jiayi, share this herbal tea! You won't get a heat stroke if you drink it. I'll put it here for you to drink. I'll come down and get a bucket later."
"Thank you, Sister Xiaojia."
The more He Xinyan looked at her, the more she felt that her cousin Jiayi was a lackey.
When Zhang Xiaojia and his companions arrived at the fields in the village, they saw a woman suffering from heatstroke. Zhang Xiaojia hurried over, pinched her meridians, took some measures, and gave her some cold tea. He saw that she had recovered her spirits.
Zhang Xiaojia said to the team leader, "Captain, call the team members to drink herbal tea to prevent heatstroke."
The captain said gratefully, "Thank you, Doctor Zhang."
The captain shouted, "Team One, come and have some herbal tea."
I saw the first team coming to drink, and then they took turns, with a total of seven teams. Fortunately, Zhang Xiaojia's bucket was big and just enough.
Before leaving, Zhang Xiaojia said to the team leader, "Team leader, it's hot, I'm providing herbal tea to the village for free. Please arrange for someone to come to the clinic at 9 am and 3 pm to get the herbal tea."
Zhang Xiaojia went back to He's house to get the bucket, took a look, drank half of it, and said nothing. Jiayi smiled and said, "Sister Xiaojia, they are not thirsty now, drink it later, I will send the bucket back."
"Jiayi, if you want to drink it, come to the clinic to get the herbal tea starting tomorrow at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.."
"I'll arrange for someone to pick it up, thank you, Sister Xiaojia."
Zhang Xiaojia and Xiaoyi went back first, and He Xinyan stayed and said she wanted to chat with her sisters.
After looking at the sun, Zhang Xiaojia felt that there was something wrong with him as a disciple.
Xiao Yi asked, "Sister, aren't you angry? The He family calculated the portions, one cup per person, and they didn't even drink half of it."
Zhang Xiaojia said coldly, "Drink it or not. Tomorrow morning, it's Uncle He Wu's generation. Cook more and send it to them in the afternoon according to half of today's amount. I'm doing a good deed, not begging them to drink it."
After returning to the clinic, Zhang Xiaojia gave the remaining herbal tea to Guard Captain Xiao and the others, saying that the Lord of West City was not allowed to drink it.
Zhang Xiaojia handed the prescription to Uncle Xiao. "Uncle Xiao, this is the recipe for herbal tea. It's good quality and inexpensive. Drinking it won't keep you from getting a heat stroke when it's hot."
Guard Captain Xiao didn't answer and said, "Xiao Jia, this is your recipe! It's not suitable."
Zhang Xiaojia said nonchalantly, "I have hundreds of herbal tea recipes like this. Besides, I'm a descendant of a soldier, so it's good to do something for the soldiers."
After hearing this, Guard Captain Xiao took it.
In the evening, after Zhang Xiaojia prepared the enhanced health pills, he put them outside directly to make sure they dried the next day.
The next morning, Zhang Xiaojia said she was making herbal tea. Xiaoyi was in disbelief because his sister was so afraid of heat that she usually didn't come to the kitchen.
Zhang Xiaojia drove him away, assigned homework to her apprentice, and secretly took out the kitchen appliance to make herbal tea. This kitchen appliance provides one-stop service, and she doesn't even need to deal with the medicinal residue. If it is not refrigerated, it can be done in ten minutes.
Zhang Xiaojia put the herbal tea into the well water and by nine o'clock, the herbal tea had already cooled down.
People from the village and the He family came to pick it up, and Zhang Xiaojia also agreed that she would provide herbal tea during the dog days of summer, except in special circumstances.
Looking at the time, after taking the enhanced health pills and medicinal wine, which still had a month's supply of medicine left, he called Yanyan to go to the Lord of West City together.
Zhang Xiaojia took the pulse of the West City Lord and found it strong, indicating recovery. Zhang Xiaojia said, "Lord, your body is now completely recovered. I have prescribed a month's worth of medicine for you, which you should continue to take. You should still take the medicinal bath once a week. I know you are busy, but you should go to bed at 11 o'clock at the latest and get up at 6 o'clock in the morning. Take one enhanced health pill every day for the first month, and one every three days thereafter. You should also take half a liang of medicinal wine every two days."
The Lord of West City listened carefully to Zhang Xiaojia's instructions and said with a smile, "Xiaojia, you cured the late stage of uremia so quickly. I'll introduce you to a few more patients to see the cure rate so we can promote this. What do you think?"
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Xiaojia put away the treatment plan he was about to give to the Lord of West City and changed the topic, saying, "Lord of West City, treating other people may not be as effective as it is for you. I learned acupuncture from the Feng family. The first page of Feng family acupuncture records the cultivation method of Feng family internal force, but Grandpa Feng always believed that it was just an exaggeration by the Feng family ancestors. However, I have successfully cultivated the Feng family internal force. Therefore, whenever I give you acupuncture, I will use internal force, and every time I use internal force, I will feel exhausted. Therefore, if you introduce other patients to me, I cannot rely solely on internal force to treat them. I have calculated that even without using internal force, the disease should be able to be cured. I originally wanted to ask you to introduce me to a new patient, and I also want to try this treatment method to see if it is feasible."
The Lord of West City nodded, agreeing with Zhang Xiaojia's statement and said, "Xiaojia, don't worry about the treatment. I guarantee that no one will dare to question you."
Zhang Xiaojia continued, "City Lord, can the patient come back in two months? I don't have a ward here. I plan to build one and then the patient can come."
The old man agreed.
Back in the clinic, He Xinyan asked in confusion, "Master, didn't uncle say that we can live in Big Brother's yard? We'll sell it to you next door, Pangpang, as a ward. Pangpang's land has been approved, and construction will begin in November."
"I know! My boyfriend has a two-month family leave at the end of this month. He came to see me, but I didn't want to be with him and worry about the patient. Because of the old man's illness, I really stayed at home 24 hours a day for two months."
When Xiaoyi finished making lunch and was about to deliver it to the Lord of West City, Zhang Xiaojia took out a set of clothes and asked him to change into them. He said, "Xiaoyi, don't give the recipe to the secretary general. Hand it to the patient yourself. Say a few words to him. It's best to leave the patient's calligraphy. Got it?"
Xiaoyi nodded. No matter what he thought, he had to listen to his sister, otherwise he would be beaten.
While eating cold noodles, Zhang Xiaojia thought of Xiaoyi, saying, "Don't rush back. It's better to wait for the Lord of West City to finish his meal and come back with the ink pen."
After dinner, Xiao Yi ran over excitedly, shouting, "Sister, the city lord wrote big words for the three of us."
Zhang Xiaojia and He Xinyan were so excited that they carefully held the big words given to them.
Zhang Xiaojia opened it and saw, oh wow~ Such a high evaluation
Resurrection
The one looking at the apprentice is——"The Rising Sun"
Xiao Yi is——"Vigorous and energetic"
The three large characters were all engraved with private seals. Zhang Xiaojia looked at the size and said, "Xiaoyi, go to Uncle He Ba to make a frame for the characters, and we will frame it."
Xiao Yi quickly said, "Okay, by the way. The Lord of West City is leaving at 2 o'clock. I told you not to see us off."
Zhang Xiaojia nodded to show that he understood.
However, she prepared some medicine for Uncle Xiao, not only because of her father, but also because he had helped her a lot in the past three months. She also wanted to trouble him to send some dry cold noodles to Aunt Leng.
Zhang Xiaojia took a small bamboo box filled with medicine and health pills and went to find Uncle Xiao.
Guard Captain Xiao saw Zhang Xiaojia coming over, so he stopped what he was doing, walked over, and said, "Xiaojia, we're leaving right away. The city lord doesn't like parting, so there's no need to see us off."
"Yes, I know. I'm seeing you off." Zhang Xiaojia handed him the small bamboo box and continued, "Uncle Xiao, here are some commonly used Chinese medicines. They were all developed by me. The effect is better than the ones in the factory. Keep them. Let me know when you're done and I'll send them to you."
Guard Captain Xiao smiled, touched her head and said, "Okay, uncle will accept it."
Guard Captain Xiao suddenly leaned forward and whispered, in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Remember, no matter who wants to transfer you away, absolutely do not agree. Although you are a skilled doctor, you have been practicing medicine for so short a time and your experience is too shallow. If you leave here, your achievements will be taken away and you will become someone else's wedding dress. The director of the Gewei Bureau is an old subordinate of mine. He is upright and trustworthy. No one can force you. I left two phone numbers in the medical records you gave to your apprentice: one is mine and the other is Lao Fang's. Go back!"
Zhang Xiaojia looked at Guard Captain Xiao gratefully and nodded vigorously, indicating that she understood. Then, she said sincerely, "Have a safe trip, Uncle Xiao, take care!"
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